Category: Applied Sciences

• Review this weeks Learning Resources on how laws and policies are developed.
• Review the interactive media Public Health Policy Process.
• Research your federal and state legislative processes. For those of you who reside outside the United States, focus on your local and territorial legislative process.
• Select a law addressing a public health issue that was passed in your state. For those of you who reside outside the United States, select a law passed at the local or territorial level. Think about the process of how your selected law was passed.
• Consider the potential impact of your selected law on future national laws.
• Identify your federal and state representatives. For those of you who reside outside the U.S., identify your local and territorial officials.

Post a comprehensive response to the following:

• Describe the law you selected.
• Explain in detail the process of how it became a law within your state or territory.
• Describe the potential impact of your selected law on future national laws.
• Identify your federal, state, and/or territorial representatives/officials.

This week we will be continuing our discussion of human evolution. Choose a trait that humans have that you are interested in and find a primary research paper (published within the last ten years) that traces it back in a phylogeny to a particular date (or tree location). Explain why the trait is beneficial (or not). Please be certain to give the full citation and DOI (if available). And please read through all the entries before submitting yours, so that you pick a novel article that has not yet been discussed!

For example, I chose the evolution of the appendix, which is shared by other mammal species besides us. In fact it has evolved independently 32 times! (Once in hominoids, so before the Orangutan-Gorilla split in our lineage). And what is interesting about this is that the appendix may indeed have a function – as a microbial refuge for the fauna that have evolved inside of our intestinal tracts! So, when a bad event (e.g. food poisoning and diarrhea) occurs, our microbes are expulsed from our guts, but those in the refuge of the appendix remain and repopulate our intestines! (Why is this a good thing? Better the microbe that helps you break down food and not the pathogen that will eat you from the inside out…). 

Smith et al. 2013. Multiple independent appearances of the cecal appendix in mammalian evolution and an investigation of related ecological and anatomical factors. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12(6): 339-354.  

  So find a trait that you think is interesting, and trace its pathway back in time…

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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300500 words that respond to the following questions with your research. This will be the foundation for future discussions with your classmates. To maximize your learning, select peers who selected topics different from the one you have chosen. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Science in the News

Now that you have been learning about science, you may have noticed news articles or online videos on various scientific topics. Science is all around you.

Select a news article on a scientific discovery or achievement. This could be the discovery of a new planet or star, a new medical treatment, new findings concerning climate change, or countless other possibilities. If you are not sure where to find a news article, try looking on the home page of a favorite news source, or use a search engine to look for a specific topic of interest. After selecting a news article and reading it carefully, complete the following:

• Provide a brief summary of the article. What interested you about the topic?
• Do you agree or support the discovery or activity presented in your article? Why or why not?
• Did the author provide references and supporting facts in this article, or were you expected to just accept the findings without support?
• When reading about science, how important do you feel sources and references are in accepting the findings that are presented?

Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are often in conflict. Mandatory overtime, implementation of staffing ratios, use of unlicensed assisting personnel, and employer reductions of education benefits are examples of practices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice.

Leaders can contribute to both the problem and the solution through policies, action, and inaction. In this Assignment, you will further develop the white paper you began work on in Module 1 by addressing competing needs within your organization.

To Prepare:

• Review the national healthcare issue/stressor you examined in your Assignment for Module 1, and review the analysis of the healthcare issue/stressor you selected.
• Identify and review two evidence-based scholarly resources that focus on proposed policies/practices to apply to your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post regarding competing needs. 

The Assignment (4-5 pages):

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. The new section should address the following:

• Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected healthcare issue/stressor. 
• Describe a relevant policy or practice in your organization that may influence your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Critique the policy for ethical considerations, and explain the policys strengths and challenges in promoting ethics.
• Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.
• Cite evidence that informs the healthcare issue/stressor and/or the policies, and provide two scholarly resources in support of your policy or practice recommendations.

PART 1.

In this unit, you have been learning about marketing procedures in healthcare organizations. This assignment will give you an opportunity to reflect on what you have learned and offer your own thoughts about the unit material.

Your reflection paper should cover the following topics:

• Do you believe that creating and implementing a marketing plan for a healthcare organization is important? Why, or why not?
• Think about your own healthcare facility or one in your community. What do you think would be an effective marketing message for the healthcare facility’s target market?
• Thinking about that same facility, what are two marketing vehicles that may be appropriate for it?
• Do you believe that this unit has helped you learn more about marketing procedures in healthcare organizations? Why, or why not?

Your reflection paper should consist of at least one page with no APA formatting required

PART 2.

Instructions

By the end of this course, you will need to prepare and submit a management action plan (MAP) addressing a specific healthcare problem or scenario. This can be either a real world management problem within your own healthcare organization or a scenario from the list in the Unit II Project Topic assignment.

Click to view an example of a completed MAP

Please include documentation of all six steps shown below in your submission of the MAP assignment.

1. Clarify the Problem or Opportunity for Improvement (OFI)
   Clearly describe the problem or OFI that you have selected for your MAP. Why is it important to resolve this problem right now? What are the consequences of not resolving this problem right now?
2. Clarify your Measurable Goal
   Clearly describe the desired outcome from your MAP implementation. What are you trying to accomplish? How will successful MAP implementation be measured and assessed? What realistic constraints do you have as you begin creation of your plan? Consider limits on time, money, and other resources that are specific to your MAP.
3. Prepare a List of Possible Actions
   Consider possible root causes of the OFI. Why do you believe the problem exists? Brainstorm and present a list of all possible actions that you may need to take in order to achieve your MAP goal. At this stage, focus on generating as many different options and ideas as possible. It is likely that not all of your ideas will make it into your final MAP. Write down your ideas just as they come to your mind, trying not to judge or analyze them at this stage.

   In your brainstorming, be sure to consider ideas* involving the following:

   • leadership,
   • governance,
   • clinical performance,
   • physicians,
   • nurses,
   • clinical support services,
   • knowledge management,
   • human resources,
   • financial management,
   • internal consulting, and
   • marketing.
   • *It is understood that some of these areas may not apply to your particular MAP, but all areas should at least be considered in this process.
4. Organize your Key Action Steps into a Management Action Plan
   Decide on the sequencing of your key action steps. For each key action step, what other steps must be completed before that specific action can be taken? Rearrange your key action steps into a sequence of ordered activity. Then, look at your plan once again. Are there any ways to simplify the plan further before presenting it?
5. Accountability
   For each key action step, assign a responsible party or group within your organization (by position, department, or team name, not by individual name), and assign a suspense date by which the key action step must be completed. Then, based upon all of your key action steps and their suspense dates, provide a realistic completion date for the entire MAP.
6. Measurement and Monitoring
   Now, explain in detail how you will measure the success of your MAP following implementation and how you will monitor ongoing performance to prevent regression and loss of the positive change that has taken place.

Your plan should consist of no less than four pages, and any outside sources should be cited and referenced using APA formatting.   

Resources

Create an initial post discussing the bulleted pointers below. You will need to cite at least one academic reference in APA or IEEE style:

List of advanced materials used in making microprocessor chips (in addition to single-crystal, high-purity silicon): Interconnects, ohmic contacts, diffusion barrier metals, oxides and other insulators, doped films, organic insulating films, resist materials, bonding wires and leads, high thermal conductivity pastes, chip packaging materials such as nanocomposite insulators with high thermal conductivity, etc.

Methods of making at least two of these materials from their starting precursors, with attention to the specifications of material quality, uniformity, consistent production, and their final incorporation in the chip, highlighting their final dimensions. (When selecting the two materials, you should take care that others in the class havent selected the same. This will promote diverse nanomaterials issues to discuss.)

The common ground of nanotechnology in all this: Studying the properties of many kinds of advanced materials (metals, semiconductors, organic and inorganic insulators) at the nanoscale, optimizing and integrating them all, and finally producing the packaged IC chip.

Prior to the invention of electricity, applications such as computing, communications, energy storage, controls, and actuations were done non-electronically (largely by mechanical means that took many football fields in terms of space and days in terms of time). Exploiting electrons for these applications using nanomaterials in a handheld gadget has been advantageous to us (humans) and, possibly, disadvantageous to the planet. 

My research will be on Human error management in flight operation, through proper team performance training techniques and system approaches where individuals work together as a team to mitigate accidents and incidents.

Instructor comment

Just make sure your research it is not too top-level and has a rigorous methodology.

Your task is to develop an integrated design for examining or investigating an issue or problem involving human factors in the aviation/aerospace industry as it might apply in a human-centric environment, model, simulation, work situation, or other application for use that would apply in industry, research, or operational environment. The purpose of this design is to demonstrate that you comprehend, understand, and can integrate the key elements of the Learning Outcomes for this course. Note, you can find the Learning Outcomes in the course syllabus. Hopefully, the topic will be inspired by some of the studies or issues that you have heard about or read about in this course. Although you will not be conducting the study or investigation that you propose, you will construct a research design in APA journal format (see the APA style manual) that is between 8 and 10 pages in length. Your introduction and background will explain the research statement or question and justify it by reference to previous research found in the scientific literature, and by logical argument. The method will describe data sources, participants (where applicable), variables, metrics, and procedures. The results should explain how you would analyze the data and the discussion should present possible outcomes and their applied implications.

Essentially, you would work toward constructing a design for an existing or emerging technology or situation, employing a human factors perspective that incorporates elements from each of the course Learning Outcomes. An essential aspect of this design, and the manuscript you write to describe it, is citing relevant research that supports your approach and explains the rationale used. Be certain your manuscript integrates topics covered in the modules of this course and that you address all the course Learning Outcomes. This may involve only a few sentences for some of them, but each outcome must be addressed to some extent.

The Course Research Manuscript must:

• Comprehensively cover the application and design you select. Generally, the body will be between 8 to 10 pages.
• Appropriately and clearly support the study design and proposed research findings (including in-text citations and references).

 In addition, the manuscript must include:

• A proper title page
• An abstract
• A reference page
• Proper APA style throughout (current edition)
• A final submission in Word, Times New Roman font, 12-point size 

Research on Human error management in flight operation, through proper team performance training techniques and system approaches where individuals work together as a team to mitigate accidents and incidents. 

Note from Instructor

Just make sure your research it is not too top-level and has a rigorous methodology

Requirements 

Your task is to develop an integrated design for examining or investigating an issue or problem involving human factors in the aviation/aerospace industry as it might apply in a human-centric environment, model, simulation, work situation, or other application for use that would apply in industry, research, or operational environment. The purpose of this design is to demonstrate that you comprehend, understand, and can integrate the key elements of the Learning Outcomes for this course. Note, you can find the Learning Outcomes in the course syllabus. Hopefully, the topic will be inspired by some of the studies or issues that you have heard about or read about in this course. Although you will not be conducting the study or investigation that you propose, you will construct a research design in APA journal format (see the APA style manual) that is between 8 and 10 pages in length. Your introduction and background will explain the research statement or question and justify it by reference to previous research found in the scientific literature, and by logical argument. The method will describe data sources, participants (where applicable), variables, metrics, and procedures. The results should explain how you would analyze the data and the discussion should present possible outcomes and their applied implications.

Essentially, you would work toward constructing a design for an existing or emerging technology or situation, employing a human factors perspective that incorporates elements from each of the course Learning Outcomes. An essential aspect of this design, and the manuscript you write to describe it, is citing relevant research that supports your approach and explains the rationale used. Be certain your manuscript integrates topics covered in the modules of this course and that you address all the course Learning Outcomes. This may involve only a few sentences for some of them, but each outcome must be addressed to some extent.

The Course Research Manuscript must:

• Comprehensively cover the application and design you select. Generally, the body will be between 8 to 10 pages.
• Appropriately and clearly support the study design and proposed research findings (including in-text citations and references).

 In addition, the manuscript must include:

• A proper title page
• An abstract
• A reference page
• Proper APA style throughout (current edition)
• A final submission in Word, Times New Roman font, 12-point size 

1.Final Essay: Assemblage (1000 Words)

Form: The form of this essay is an assemblage of many different elements of writing, taking after Jackie Wang. You must include at least 10 of the following 13 things (though try to include all of them): a poem, an image, a quote, five uses of the word you, five uses of the word we, five uses of the word I, three question, a heading, a remix, a reference, a transcript, anaphora, two asterisks. You may use each item more than once; you probably will. Each usage beyond the required total does not add to your total count towards 14 things (ie. using 5 asterisks still counts as 1 thing).

 Content: The content of this essay will circulate around your choice of at least two of the following themes of the course: colonialism, gender, queerness, neoliberalism, the family, migration, empire, visibility, multiplicity, carcerality, or any other pertinent theme. Implicitly or creatively answer any amount of the following questions: Why are these themes are important to you? What do they mean to you? How do they help you? How do they still confuse you? What do you want to do with them? Who cares? Why do you care? What will you do now? Where are you going? Where did you come from? What are your hopes? What are your desires? What are your fears? What do you remember? Who do you love?

Citations: You must reference or cite four texts, either poems or essays, from the readings weve done in class.

2.On Global Racial Systems (250 Words)

Asian racial formationsas noncitizen labor, as model minority, as threatening capitalist rival devalue Asians and  measure and mediate geopolitical and  national transformations. In our current moment, Asianness as model minority/model modernity is an index of the present U.S. settler racial order that reduces and dehumanizes blackness as surplus population, constructs Indigenous peoples as extinct or vanishing, and frames Muslims as threatening violence.

The authors of our final essay articulate our current moment as one in which various Asian racial formations both devalue Asians and also devalue other populations. Which part of this essay was most important to you? Where did you feel most drawn to? Why?

breakfast,lunch,snack and dinner for 3 days

Record food intake and activities performed for three days. 

Enter your food intake for three full days using the food journal .

Write a paper of at least 750 words that addresses the following points about your 3-day food intake:

• Recorded intake of protein, carbohydrates, and lipids
• Which foods in your recorded daily intake provide protein? Which provide carbohydrates? Which provide lipids?
• Review how your recorded protein, carbohydrate, and lipid intake compares with the recommendations of the dietary reference intake. If your recorded protein-carbohydrate-fat intake was too high or too low, which foods might you add or remove to achieve your goal and keep other nutrients in balance?
• Is the protein in each food you ate complete or incomplete, combining to become complementary? Why is this important?
• How much of your daily recommended protein, carbohydrates, and lipid intake did you achieve? If your macronutrient intake is insufficient or excessive, what might you do to bring it into the recommended range? Provide specific recommendations.
• Macronutrient intake ranges
• Is macronutrient intake within the recommended range important? What are the effects of too much or too little of a macronutrient? What happens if you consistently eat too little protein? What happens if you eat too few carbohydrates? What happens if you eat too few lipids?
• Fiber intake ranges
• Does your fiber total meet 100% of the recommendation for you as calculated at iProfile?
• Does your diet meet the minimum number of servings of foods from each fiber-containing group? If not, which of the fiber-containing groups–fruits and vegetables–fell short of the recommended intake?
• Which specific foods provide the most fiber in your meals? Which provide the least? Identify trends in your food choices that might affect your fiber intakes.
• Dietary modifications
• What changes might you make to increase the fiber in your diet?
• How might insufficient or excessive amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, or fiber contribute to health or illness? Provide examples.
• What have you learned about your diet?

Cite three references other than the course text.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Include an explanation on the links between theory and relevant examples.